Tenpas visits, speaks with Waupun Lions

Dean Tenpas, President of Learning Rx in Colorado Springs, Colorado spoke to the Waupun Lions Club at a recent meeting about learning theory. He pointed out two parts to learning, knowledge and intelligence. Knowledge is equivalent to data storage, or the accumulated facts that someone has learned over time. Intelligence equates to processing ability, or how a person processes or interprets new information. This is commonly referred to as cognitive skills.

Tenpas stated that various factors enter into how different people process information, including attention, processing speed, working memory, visual processing, reasoning, auditory processing and long term memory. Because the brain is always adapting and building, a person's ability to think, remember and learn is never static, and it can be improved upon.

Tenpas indicated that Learning Rx has ninety locations nationwide. His firm works with people who have Attention Deficit Disorder and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Autism, Asperger's Syndrome and other learning syndromes. They also work with students who have reading problems or Dyslexia, as well as with senior adults, people with brain trauma, struggling students or people who wish to improve their own cognitive skills.

Tenpas had the members of the Lions Club participate in a series of cognitive skills tests and exercises to demonstrate the complex interaction of factors that are necessary for learning and processing information. This topic was of interest because it relates to several areas of service for the Lions. The Waupun Lions Club provides annual scholarships to local students, and it also supports the Wisconsin Lions Camp in Rosholt, Wisconsin, which allows children and adults with cognitive disabilities a chance to participate in an outdoor camp experience.

Dean Tenpas is the son of Waupun Lions Club member Arlen Tenpas.

The Waupun Lions Club meets at 6 p.m. on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month at the Rock River Country Club in Waupun. If anyone is interested in joining the Waupun Lions contact Lion John Bett at 324-3163.

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Tenpas visits, speaks with Waupun Lions

Dean Tenpas, President of Learning Rx in Colorado Springs, Colorado spoke to the Waupun Lions Club at a recent meeting about learning theory. He pointed out two parts to learning, knowledge and

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